Purdue at New York University

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1932, page 50

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  n IEW YORK, October % M Purdue gave New York City 1 Y a brilliant sample of big ten foot ball today as it passed and ran over New York University for a 34–⁠9 victory, handing the not-so-violent Violets their worst defeat since 1924. Scoring through the line and through the air, the boilermakerS were the mas ters of the New York team at every turn and cashed in on every scoring opportunity they had, running wild in the second quarter to tally three touch downs and adding another in each OF the third and fourth quarters. Big Roy Horstman and Paul Moss, brilliant end. each lugged across two of the Purdue scores and Duane Pur- Wis tailed the other with 78yard run from scrimmage. Paul Pardonner and his educated toe counted three points after touchdown on drop-kicks before he turned the job over to less adept hands. lack MACDONALD scored the Vio- lets lone touchdown on 45-yard run after receiving a pass from Bob Mcnamara and the Violets’ other two points came in the final quarter, when Abe Itzowitz blocked Moss punt, when the Purdue 10-yard line, Moss recovering behind his own goal line for a safety. Purdue started the game with its “shock troops” in and New York took advantage of the weaker opposition to drive through to the 20-yard line Coach Noble Kizer started his first string men into the play there and after the Violet was held for downs the boil ermakers started an uninterrupted march which carried 70 yards to New York US 1-yard line at the end of the quarter. Purvis and Jim Carter, reserve halfback, were slicing off to 10 yards on nearly every play. ON the first play of the second quar- ~ ter Horstmann went over for the first Purdue score. The VioletS came raging back to score their lone marker on just two plays, Jim Tanguay carrying the kickoff back to his own 4O-yard line from where Mcnamara tossed the scoring pass to Macdonald but that was N Y US last real often sive gesture. Purvis made his brilliant run a moment later to give Purdue a lead that never again was .threatene Inc tnlrd BOllermaker TOUCHDOWN was scored on an unusual play, Mess in tercepting a pass from McNamara behind the latters own goal line. The Purdue end had put the Violets in the hole by punting the ball dead on N. Y. US 2-yard line. It appeared as though Mcnamara. standing 10 yards behind his own goal intended to kick. saw it would be blocked and attempted pass Purdue was content to rest on its laures starting the third quarter, kick ing on third down, but they had the scoring punch when the opportunity came Pardonner recovered tumble by Jack White, substitute Violet back, on N Y. US 28-yard line, and on the second play Horstman ran around his own left end for the score. MOSS, brilliant all-around player 1Vl all day, carried over the final Purdue touchdown. taking a pass from Carter on the Violets 20-yard line to go unmolested for the score. Purdue made 10 first downs to for N Y u. and completed 3 passes of 6 attempted for gain OF 80 yards, against 4 in Is attempts for the Violet. Rutgers defeated N. Y. u, 34–⁠3, in 1924 for the worst defeat OF the Violet from, that date TO this

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Purdue leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.